Kolomoki : settlement, ceremony, and status in the Deep South, A.D. 350 to 750 / / Thomas J. Pluckhahn
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| Autore: |
Pluckhahn Thomas J (Thomas John), <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Kolomoki : settlement, ceremony, and status in the Deep South, A.D. 350 to 750 / / Thomas J. Pluckhahn
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 975.8/901 |
| Soggetto topico: | Woodland culture - Georgia |
| Excavations (Archaeology) - Georgia | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park (Ga.) |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-249)and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. An Introduction to Kolomoki -- 2. Putting Kolomoki in Its Place: Defining the Temporal, Ecological, and Cultural Contexts -- 3. Preliminary De¤nition of Activity Areas at Kolomoki: Summary of Previous Research -- 4. Defining Activity Areas at Kolomoki: Results of Intensive Sampling -- 5. Characterizing Activity Areas at Kolomoki: Results of Test Excavations and Geophysical Prospection -- 6. Examining a Domestic Activity Area at Kolomoki: Results of Small Block Excavations -- 7. Kolomoki as a Historical Process -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The first comprehensive and systematic investigation of a Woodland period ceremonial center. Kolomoki, one of the most impressive archaeological sites in the southeastern United States, includes at least nine large earthen mounds in the lower Chattahoochee River valley of southwest Georgia. The largest, Mound A, rises approximately 20 meters above the terrace that borders it. From its flat-topped summit, a visitor can survey the string of smaller mounds that form an arc to the south and west. Archaeological research had previously placed Kolomoki within the Mississippian period (ca. a.d. 1000- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Kolomoki |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8222-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824288303321 |
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